Captivation: Want Nothing But You novel Chapter 437

The Imperial Hotel was located right in the center of the busy district of Apliaria.

It towered over the other skyscrapers in the area, almost touching the clouds, and the building’s peak was not visible from the streets below.

On the top floor of the hotel was the luxurious presidential suite.

The doorbell rang, startling the man who was standing on the balcony.

He hung up the phone and put down the red wine glass on the table.

Turning around with a curious look, he walked into the room to unlock the door.

Pulling the door open, a middle-aged woman neatly dressed in a cheongsam was standing outside the hallway.

"Hello, Mom."

A warm smile flashed across Odin’s handsome face.He moved aside and gestured for her to come in.

The middle-aged woman was Maria.

Ever since Odin’s death had been announced at the press conference the other day, Maria refrained from stepping into the public eye.

The press didn’t think too much of her discrete behavior.

Everyone knew it was normal for a mother to mourn the loss of her son in private.

But they weren’t aware that she was patiently waiting in great anticipation.

She had been waiting for her son to return to her arms.

Maria hurriedly walked into the room, took off her sunglasses, and studied each feature of Odin’s face.

"You’ve gotten thinner.Why did you lose weight?"

"Mom, that’s not true at all.If you look closely, you’ll see that I’ve actually gained some weight."

Holding her hand affectionately, Odin shut the door.

"Didn’t you say that you would wait for me at home? What brings you here?"

Maria withdrew her hand and spent a few moments observing her son, who was a head taller than her.

After a few seconds of silence, her lower lip trembled, and her eyes turned red.

"Oh, Mom.Please don’t cry."

Seeing that her tears were about to fall, Odin quickly took two pieces of tissue and gently wiped the tears off her face.

Shaking his head with a smile, he held her tightly in his arms.

"You don’t look as beautiful when you cry."

Rolling her eyes at Odin’s remark, Maria pretended to be annoyed and hit his arm.

"Hey, what do you mean by that? You better take it easy on your mother.Just because you are all grown up now, you don’t think your mother’s beautiful anymore?"

"What? Don’t be silly, Mom.I didn’t mean it like that."

Odin smiled sheepishly.

He let go of her and wiped her tears.

"I was just comforting you.It breaks my heart to see my beautiful mother cry."

"Well, can you blame me for being emotional? You have been abroad for six years, and you never came back.Not even once…"

Maria took the tissue from Odin’s hand and wiped her wet cheeks.

"And now I finally saw you.After all this time, you’re finally here in front of me.How could I not cry? You are my precious son!"

Putting his arm around Maria’s thin shoulders, Odin led her to the living room and sat down with her on the couch.

"I will never leave you again."

"What?"

Maria threw the tissue into the trash can.

"I thought you said it would take you a while longer to come back.How come you returned all of a sudden?"

Sitting cross-legged on the sofa across her, Odin shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well, I missed you so much, so I came back."

"Oh really now? Yeah, right."

Maria was amused by his flattering words.

But on second thought, something worrisome entered her mind.She suddenly stopped smiling and asked, "Does Victor know?"

"Don’t worry about it.He won’t know.I’ll make sure of it," Odin replied casually.

He knew what troubled Maria, and he wanted to reassure her that everything would be fine.

"That’s good.But you and I both know Victor is a cunning man.He had questions about your so-called death and had some people investigate it.I was worried that his men might find you here."

"I’m not afraid of him because I’ve got everything all figured out."

As soon as he finished speaking, his phone cau suddenly vibrated inside his pocket.He took it out and looked at the screen.

It was a text message.

"It’s done."

Odin took one last look at the message and deleted it.

At the same time, Maria’s phone vibrated.

What she received was not a cryptic text but a piece of breaking news.